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The Mushroom Cloud and National Psyches: Japanese and American Perceptions of the A-Bomb Decision, 1945-1995

The Mushroom Cloud and National Psyches: Japanese and American Perceptions of the A-Bomb... The Mushroom Cloud a n d National Psyches: Japanese a n d American Perceptions of the A-Bomb Decision, 1945-1995 Asada Sadao Doshisha University Japan's strongly felt national identity as the first a n d only country to have undergone atomic bombing gives a u n i q u e s t a m p to its perspec- tive on the A-bomb.' It is hardly surprising t h a t the w a y the Japanese have seen the American decision to use the b o m b has been markedly different from that of the Americans. What deserves to be noted, how- ever, is that in some respects the gaps of collective m e m o r y have, if a n y t h i n g , w i d e n e d o v e r t h e h a l f c e n t u r y s i n c e H i r o s h i m a a n d Nagasaki. In Japan the A-bomb question is d o m i n a t e d by emotion and, more often than not, s u r r http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of American-East Asian Relations Brill

The Mushroom Cloud and National Psyches: Japanese and American Perceptions of the A-Bomb Decision, 1945-1995

Sadao, Asada
Journal of American-East Asian Relations , Volume 4 (2): 95 – Jan 1, 1995
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Brill
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© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1058-3947
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1876-5610
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10.1163/187656195X00273
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The Mushroom Cloud a n d National Psyches: Japanese a n d American Perceptions of the A-Bomb Decision, 1945-1995 Asada Sadao Doshisha University Japan's strongly felt national identity as the first a n d only country to have undergone atomic bombing gives a u n i q u e s t a m p to its perspec- tive on the A-bomb.' It is hardly surprising t h a t the w a y the Japanese have seen the American decision to use the b o m b has been markedly different from that of the Americans. What deserves to be noted, how- ever, is that in some respects the gaps of collective m e m o r y have, if a n y t h i n g , w i d e n e d o v e r t h e h a l f c e n t u r y s i n c e H i r o s h i m a a n d Nagasaki. In Japan the A-bomb question is d o m i n a t e d by emotion and, more often than not, s u r r

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Journal of American-East Asian Relations – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1995

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